So that’s how I ended up with Google Podcasts, which had everything I wanted except the desktop app. Which would normally be a deal breaker, but it wasn’t since there was a hack to get it working on desktop.

Which involved copying the podcast URL from Google Podcasts Android app. Modifying the URL, and then copy-pasting that link in a web browser. However, if you’re switching from listening to your podcast on your phone to your desktop, it gets very tedious modifying the URL each time.

Hence the idea for google-podcasts-desktop was born, which allows you to simply paste the URL and let it deal with making a desktop/web friendly URL and opening a new tab for you.

Of course, this is still far from being perfect, as process still involves copying the URL to note app of your choice. But project is licensed under GPL 3 open source license, and I welcome any changes and ideas you may have to make it better.